8 day rejection from Ideomancer. I found this rejection in my spam folder tonight, which makes me worry: how many responses have I lost? Very short comment on this one. They liked what I did with it, but was still passing on it. Oh well. ——————————————– I polished up a short and is ready for

I recently wrote on my decision to add content to a flash story that had been rejected, entitled, “Drugged.” It happened that the suggestion (from an editor) to add to this story coincided with the need for me to write a short story for a graduate class on contemporary literature. Killing to birds with one

I am very excited to announce that construction of a new website is officially underway. My brother, (who works with graphics, video, and music), is working hard on the site. He showed me the “enter” page he created, along with the main page and extra graphics–it looks amazing. He also let me hear some ambient

Received a 2 month rejection from Shadowed Realms for my story “Breaking Out.” Suggested trying it at a cross-genre market. In other news I am working on a new story, which is actually an extension to the short called “Drugged.” I decided to add some more to it as one rejection suggested. Not much else

No, this isn’t my first rejection, but I wanted to start numbering them to keep track–no better post to start with than this one. Okay, “Drugged” was rejected by Ideomancer. She had some nice things to say, but ultimately she felt the story was too short: “This is more a scene in a much longer

I’ve written on this subject before. It concerns the writer’s meaning in a work, and an editor’s inability to see past the obvious. Yes, I am speaking of literature, and the hidden messages within work. I have a very short (flash fiction) piece that I wrote for a graduate class. I decided to send it

Just added this link on the sidebar. You may notice that I am too lazy to go around alphabetizing my links–so the newest ones are at the bottom, older ones at the top. I know… SO, I will place the link here too. The site is All Kinds of Writing. Good Stuff. All Kinds of

I went back to my rejected story, “Drugged,” and tightened it up as was suggested in my last rejection from Son and Foe. I sent that story to Ideomancer, and I sent a different story, called “Memories” to Son and Foe. I also sent out a query letter to Shadowed Realms. SO, yeah. Just some

Tastes of the Darkness: 1st edition The first edition is officially out. Go check out the great flash fiction that is collected for the theme of isolation. See how you can become part of the fun.

This is my contribution to the new site, Tastes of the Darkness (see sidebar link). —————————————————– The Pot By Anthony J. Rapino The silver cover jostles nervously as steam escapes the pot; sharp overhead lights glint and Samantha watches. Her left hand grips a stained potholder. In the distorted reflection on the pot, she sees